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Curtis L. Olson wrote:

Exactly! I'm trying to decide if I want to mount the IR sensor on
some sort of gimble and vary the sensor attitude to control the
aircraft attitude, or do I just want to hard mount the sensor and try
and steer with the rudder while the copilot fights to keep the wings
level ...

So the idea is that you would steer the rudder, then the copilot would
bank the plane just enough for a coordinated turn? I don't think that
would work -- you'd probably end up spinning or rolling the plane.

Not quite. The co-pilot does one thing (but one thing well from what I
read). It keeps itself level with the horizon. That's it. It has no
gyros. It fits inline between your receiver and your servos. So as I
understand it, it will only kick in when you have your sticks centered.

The question is, with an auto-pilot forcing the wings level, how
effective would rudder only steering be. I'm guessing not all that
effective, but at R/C scales is it effective enough to control heading
and self navigate?